ST. MARK’S BOTTINEAU & ST. ANDREW’S WESTHOPE

PARISH OFFICE: (701) 228-3164 RECTORY: (701) 228-5164 stsmanda@utma.com

322 Sinclair St. • Bottineau, ND • 58318 - www.stmark-standrew.org

PARISH STAFF

Fr Michael Hickin, Pastor

Vickie Gangl, Secretary

Cathy Miller, Custodian - St. A’s

Patty Graber, Custodian - St. M’s

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Amanda Artz &

Keari Beaudrie, co-DREs at

St. Andrew’s Parish

Mary Gorder &

Jessica Tagestad, co-DREs at

St. Mark’s Parish

WEEKEND MASS

SCHEDULE

Saturday: 5:30 pm, Bottineau

Sunday: 9:00 am, Westhope

And 11:00 am, Bottineau

CONFESSIONS

Saturday, 4:30 pm, Bottineau

Sunday, 8:30 am, Westhope

Or by Appointment

OFFICE HOURS

Mon.-Fri. 8:30am-5:00pm

PARISH NEWS AND EVENTS UPCOMING EVENTS

St. Andrew’s

St. Mark’s Jan 21: in lieu of Mass at SAHC Chapel there will be an hour of Adora-tion from 1:30pm-2:30pm Jan 22: Quilting at 1:00pm in the Quilting Room Jan 23: SAHC Communion Service at 11:30am, Adoration at

SAHC Chapel until 12:45pm.

Report for January 11-12, 2020

St .Andrew’s St .Mark’s

Adult env. $ 335.00 Adult env. $ 2,365.00 Plate $ 89.00 Plate $ 256.00 Children $ 8.00 Children $ 25.00 Building Improvement Fund: $ 250.00

Saturday, January 18, 5:30p.m. St. Mark’s (Tyler Hetland) Sunday, January 19, 9:00a.m. St. Andrew’s (Parishioners) Sunday, January 19, 11:00a.m. St. Mark’s († Leona Hosmer)

There will be no weekday Mass-es while Fr. Michael is visiting his parents for 2 weeks. Saturday, January 25, 5:30p.m. St. Mark’s († Everett Lahr) Sunday, January 26, 9:00a.m. St. Andrew’s (Parishioners) Sunday, January 26, 11:00a.m. St. Mark’s († Duane Sebelius)

Home Communion Any St. Mark parishioners desiring Holy Communion at home, call Anne Bergeron (228-2750) by Sunday evening to be put on the list. To add or remove a name for St. Andrew’s , please contact Deb Wyman at 245-6538 or the parish office at 228-3164. PARISHIONERS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS: Military personnel & their families, John Lacey, Heidi

Schweitzer, Drue Eliot, Mary Longtin, Audrey Phillips, Alice Christenson, Lin-da Abel, Darrell Van Der Busch, Katie Torgerson, Marcie Dubrow, Linda Ysul-an, Rosemary LaCroix, Bill & Cool

Baumann, Lyle Brandt, Amy Artz, Flora Carlson, Marlys Richard, Thomas Kersten, Monte Mikkelsen, Susan Brandjord, Francis Kritzberger, Marie Vargo, Sara Saville, Howard Beyer, Diane & Mike Lee, Janet Kraft, Noah Signalness, Karlee McCloud, Mary Holen, and any special private intentions. St. Andrew’s Health Center: Barney Honer Good Sam: Regan Benning, Pete Anderson, Judy Baumann Mapleview: Shirley Pasicznyk The Wellington: Ray and Donna Sharkey Jenkins Living Center: Carol Carbonneau Watertown, SD

Rosary @ St Mark’s: 5:00p.m., Saturday

MASS INTENTION REQUEST

A Mass intention is requested for :

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From________________________________________

Suggested offering $10.00 per Mass intention.

Stewardship Moment : “Now the Lord has spoken who formed me as his servant from the womb...” Isaiah 49:5

God has given each of us different gifts. In order for God’s plan to work, you have to do what God is calling you to do and I have to do what God is calling me to do. And guess what? God has given each of us a different plan! So, stop comparing yourself to others. Don’t let envy and jealousy enter your life. Be thankful for the gifts God has given you and generously share them with others.

Help and encour-agement after the death of a loved one. GriefShare is a spe-

cial weekly seminar and support group designed to help you rebuild your life. We know it hurts, and we want to help. Sundays 3:00pm –5:00pm, January 12- April 05, Grace Lutheran, Bottineau. Contact Warren Emmer at bounda-rylake@gmail.com or 701-220-5042. JOIN US and Bring a friend!

Today is the Peter’s Pence Collection, a world-

wide collection that supports the charitable

works of Pope Francis. Funds from this collec-

tion help victims of war, oppressions, and nat-

ural disasters. Take this opportunity to join

with Pope Francis and be a witness of charity to our suffering

brothers and sisters. Please be generous today. For more info,

visit www.usccb.org/peters-pence. Envelopes are in the pews.

January 18-19, 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

St. Mark’s Ministries for January 25th & 26th, 2020 DATE EUCHARISTIC MIN. READER GIFT BEARERS USHERS GREETERS

ALTAR SERV-ERS

COUNTERS

Sat. Bread: Carla E. Bobbi A./ Susan H.

Vickie Gangl Denise Aide/ Cynthia Kihle

Mike Haberman/ Joe Berg

Denise Aide/ Cynthia Kihle

Tyler

Sun. Bread: Vicki B. Bev J./ A. Lorraine W. Pete Artz

Bryan & Heidi Schweitzer Family

Jeff Beyer/ Wayne Barbot

Bryan & Heidi Schweitzer Family Lauren Carla E./ Addie B.

From the Pastor’s Pen

St. Andrew’s Ministries for January 26th, 2020

DATE EUCHARISTIC

MINISTERS READER GIFT BEARERS ALTAR SERVERS USHERS COUNTERS

Sun. Tom & Teralyn Paul Klokstad Bryans Family Calma & Eli Lenny Artz/volunteer Tom & Mike

Today, Sunday Jan. 19th is Sanctity for Life Sunday.

Please pray for a pro-life attitude to take a stronghold in our country and through-out the world.

Church Website We will soon have a new

look to our website. The address will be the same but the way it is set up is different. It will have drop-down menus to choose from. It will still have the same content as the old website. Stay tuned to see when we will go live with it! If you have any questions, you can call Vickie at 228-3164.

Bottineau Co. Right to Life would like to thank all who worked on their lefse pro-ject. Thank you! Thank you! They would also like to then all who bought the lefse and a special thanks to Jason’s Super Foods for helping them sell it! They raised over $1100 to fund future projects!!! So thank you all!!

A special note of thanks to Vickie Gangl and Lois Schaefer who hand crocheted uniquely patterned snowflakes of various sizes for the 15 ft Christmas tree that graced St. Mark’s sanctuary over the Advent and

Christmas Seasons. A number of people remarked to me how attractive they were. I agreed, but thought they were store bought. What astonishment to find out how much of a labor of love they are. Thank you Ladies! Very beautiful.

Taking it upon ourselves. How gradually we come to know ourselves and what we’re about. John the Baptist knew Jesus. They were cousins. However, it wasn’t clear how John knew him.

In today’s Gospel, John calls Jesus the “Lamb of God.” It’s a title we’re especially familiar with from Mass at Communion time.

The Lamb of God comes to take away the sins of the world. Jesus entered the Jordan to show his solidarity with sin-ners. He died on the Cross to demonstrate his dire love that we might be free of our sins.

The lamb figured in much of Jewish tradition. It was a symbol of sacrifice. The shepherd is the one who leads the flock through dark and difficult terrain. The message of John’s Gospel for us—the simple sheep—is to follow Jesus, the shepherd, who leads by becoming a sacrificial lamb.

Parents enter this understanding of Jesus by the way they constantly lead their children and serve them with endless love. When they’re sick or hurt, Mom and Dad would gladly take their pain and suffering if they could. These feelings begin to show what Jesus has done for us. By reflecting on their own parental love, parents get an inkling of what Jesus’ love is for them as well.

The fruits of the Mass come home with us when we show one another mercy. We live what we receive. We lead one another whenever we shoulder each other’s burdens or live sacrificially so that others may flourish. As we act thus, we gradually come to know better who Jesus is, and also who we are in him.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.

Next week, Word of God Sunday. “The Church has always venerated the Scriptures as she venerates the Lord’s Body. She never ceases to present to the faithful the bread of life, taken from the one table of God’s Word and Christ’s Body” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 103).

A day dedicated to the Bible will help the Church “experience anew how the risen Lord opens up for us the treasury of his word and enables us to proclaim its unfathomable riches before the world. This celebra-tion will invite Catholics across the world to deepen their appreciation, love and faithful witness to God and his word,” Pope Francis said.

I’ve heard ordinary Catholics throughout my priesthood admit that they are not familiar with the Bi-ble. For most, the only time they hear the word of God is when they attend Mass.

Francis wrote that it’s not “a yearly event but rather a yearlong event, for we urgently need to grow in our knowledge and love of the Scriptures and of the risen Lord, who continues to speak his word and to break bread in the community of believers.”

Unfortunately, I will not be here for this “first”. Fr. Andrew Jasinski, Chancellor of the Diocese of Fargo, will take our Masses as I journey to Ohio to baptize my niece’s baby boy, Charlie, born last week, and celebrate my Dad’s golden jubilee of sobriety, Jan 27. May the Word of God keep us united along the way.

Marian Year of Healing—Sacrament of Anointing will be offered after all Masses this weekend.

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Jan 18-25. Each year Christians throughout the world gather to pray for that unity Christ so earnestly desired when he prayed to the Father that all would be one (Jn 17:21). The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity has a history of over 100 years.

This year’s theme, “They Showed Us Unusual Kindness” finds its origins in the Acts of the

Apostles (Acts 27:18 – 28:10) and emphasizes that it is through this “unusual kindness” that

Christians are united as one. The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity began as an eight day

period of prayer established by founders of the Society of the Atonement, Mother Lurana

White, SA, and Servant of God Father Paul of Graymoor.

Catholic Charities North Dakota is offering January and February presentations to support our farming fami-lies and rural communi-ties. For more information see https://

www.catholiccharitiesnd.org/stress-management-in-rural-farm-communities/.

Scheduled Workshops include:

Grand Forks at Holy Family Church at 4pm on January 19th, 2020 with Clinical Therapist Melissa Lee-Eckes, MSW, LCSW

Valley City at St. Catherine’s Parish Hall at 7pm on Janu-ary 23, 2020 with Clinical Therapist Jennifer Eberle, MS, LPCC

Rugby at Rugby High School Auditorium at 7pm on Feb-ruary 22, 2020 with Clinical Therapist Erin Rocheleau, MA, LPCC

Casselton/Fargo TBD in January or February of 2020 with Clinical Therapist Kim Fritel MS, LPCC

These free informational presentations are open to eve-ryone interested in supporting our communities being impacted by rural stress. Follow up events may also be offered. If you are interested in bringing a presentation closer to your community please reach out to our Direc-tor of Counseling, Melissa Lee-Eckes, MSW, LCSW, at (701) 235-4457 or you can also email or call me to learn more as well. Sincerely, Chad Prososki

Please take care of the misselettes, they are new and need to last for the year.

PRAY TO PROTECT HUMAN LIFE! JANUARY 21-29, 2020 9 Days for Life is a novena for the protection of human life. Each day’s intention is accompanied by a short reflection and suggested actions to help build a culture of life. For more info, go to:9 Days for Life,